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Investor given 133 acres to Shs 641 billion factory

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CAPTION:  Maj. Gen. David Kasura-Kyomukama (L), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries exchange an agreement with  Intracom Fertilizers Uganda -SMC Ltd team led by Adrian Ntigacika (5th L) Wednesday August 21st 2025. (Courtsey Photo). By Our reporterKAMPIRINGISA –  In a significant step toward transforming Uganda’s agricultural sector, Intracom Fertilizers Uganda -SMC Ltd, led […]

Museveni remodels his farms to kick out poverty

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CAPTION: President Museveni (C) after meeting with the children and grandchildren of my fallen FRONASA comrades from Busoga who were led by the late Eng. Samuel Kasadha in Mayuge district August 7th, 2025. (Courtsey photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaMAYUGE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has unveiled a new national initiative to transform his demonstration farms into […]

President Museveni gives back lakes to fishermen 

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CAPTION: Some of the fiskermen  excited after President Museveni gave them back te management of lakes during a meeting in Jinja July 5th, 2025. (Courtsey photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaJINJA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed that the indigenous fishermen will manage the lakes, assisted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)’s Fisheries Protection Unit […]

African swine fever kills 200 pigs in Luwero

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 By Our reporterLUWERO – The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries has imposed a quarantine on the movement of pigs in Luwero Town following an outbreak of African Swine Fever.In a letter dated July 18, 2025, addressed to the Luwero District Chief Administrative Officer, Dr. Anna Rose Ademun, the Commissioner in charge of Animal […]

EPRC reports shifting of food access patterns

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CAPTION: A sampel cereals on display for sell. (File phot).   By Our reporter MAKERERE – The Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) has reported shifting food access patterns where more households are increasingly relying on market purchases for their daily feeding needs. While sharing research findings from the study the policy think-tank undertook to assess […]

Maj Gen Busizoori monitors balaalo relocation

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CAPTION: Major General  Busizoori, (3rd L) Commander of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 4 Infantry Division speaks to balalo in Nwoya July 2rd 2025. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporterNWOYA – Major General Felix Busizoori, Commander of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 4 Infantry Division, has begun a regional tour to oversee the enforcement of […]

Over 3,000 cattle exit Acholi, West Nile region

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CAPTION: Migrant cattle keepers commonly known as Balaaloin Amuru. (File photo). By Our reporterOver 3,000 cows belonging to migrant cattle keepers commonly known as Balaalo have been moved out of the Acholi and West Nile subregions as security forces start enforcing President Yoweri Museveni’s Executive Order No. 2. An estimated 200,000 cattle belong to migrant cattle […]

President Museveni signs sugarcane bill

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CAPTION: A sugar cane grower cuts sugar cane from his garden recently. (File photo).   By Stephen Wandera Ouma KAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed the Sugarcane (Amendment) Bill, 2023, into law, calling for cooperation between sugar millers and growers for a prosperous industry. “If you don’t want to kill this industry, you […]

Ugandan milk finds market in Algeria

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CAPTION: President Museveni flags off Brookside Africa milk products at a function held at State House Entebbe May 28th 2025. (Courtesy photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flagged off the first consignment of powdered milk to the North African nation of Algeria. At the inaugural shipment ceremony held at State House […]

“Africa should not import any food,” says Museveni

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  By  Our  reporter ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has re-emphasized the need for Africa to achieve self-sufficiency in food production rather than relying on imports. “You shouldn’t import any food. You can grow and then also process, because we have a lot of raw materials,” H.E. Museveni said, while emphasizing the need to […]

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